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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

487.0. "A new season cometh!" by ENGINE::WARFIELD (Gone Golfing) Tue Jan 03 1989 13:48

	I know some of you still haven't given up on the 1988 golf season.
	However some of us who are adverse to the cold and the snow have
	put away the clubs until next season.  However it is that time of
	year where the first few positive signs that golf season will return!
	(though still several months away)

	My leading indicators:
	- The arrival of golf related gifts under the tree,
	- The days are getting longer.  It must not get dark until
	  almost 5:00 in the GMA.
	- Televised golf returns in force in the next couple weeks.
	  (The globe sports TV magazine lists a tournament practically
	  every week.  You may need cable for some of them.  But every
	  true golf fanatic got cable years ago if only to watch the
	  Thursday & Friday rounds of the majors).
	- Inside the PGA Tour returns to cable next week.
	- My wife is starting to talk about early spring vacations in
	  a warm climate.  (She knows my prereq's, a good course & a round
	  a day).

	Has anyone else noticed the positive swing towards the start of
	a new season?  What are your leading indicators?

	Larry

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
487.1	I shake......	DACT6::DEADY		`Tue Jan 03 1989 15:04`	10
	While traveling to/from work "my car" vears towards snow free courses. My hands get "that feeling". A 40 degree day feels like 70 degrees....... the days are getting "longer" ;-) Fred Deady
487.2	Santa's a WOMAN!	NPOGRP::GARY		`Tue Jan 03 1989 15:25`	14
	Howdy, I have started thinking in terms of the coming season, prompted mostly by the questionaire the league sent out. It got me to thinking though, in about a month it will be time to hit the indoor range. Santa didn't do much in terms of golf except the promise of "some golf magazine". I can't complain, she was very generous toward one of my other hobbies. Fret not, the new season will be upon you before you know it. -Alan-
487.3	Why wait til Spring !!!	AKOV12::MULLIN		`Tue Jan 03 1989 15:47`	16
	The new season has started ! I played @ New Seabury down the Cape on New Years Day. The course is still in good shape and the greens ,although frozen, still held and the putts rolled without the frost heave effect I was expecting. The temperature was in the mid 40's and with the sun out it made the difference. Started and ended with a birdie. Not a bad way to start the new year ! 38 for 9 holes. I hope the rest of the winter down the Cape is as mild, I'd do it again. Tom
487.4	needs golf, badly...	32214::BURKE	Jeff Burke	`Tue Jan 03 1989 16:22`	17
	I haven't played since the day after Thanksgiving, and it's been killing me. On Thursday, my neighbor went to visit his wife in the hospital (they are the proud parents of new twins). When he came home his babysitter said: "I think the guy across the street is crazy -- he has been swinging a golf club in his living room ALL night." On Saturday, while my 2 year old son was sleeping (I was playing Mr. Mom), I took a dozen balls out in front of my house to the grassy cul-de-sac. I proceded to tee the first ball up (aiming towards a wooded area) when a different neighbor drove by, waved, and as he drove past I noticed him shake his head. The folks on my street think I'm nuts. Hey, when you are a New England golfer, eight good months isn't enough...
487.5	Watching My Husband Suffer....	ATSE::LEHRER		`Tue Jan 03 1989 16:34`	5
	My husband is suffering from the golf DT's, too. Every time we go through the basement to go outside, I catch him either eyeing his clubs or giving them a loving stroke. If it weren't for his upcoming trip to Orlando in March, he'd probably end up in an asylum by the end of winter. Poor baby!
487.6	The trek begins	MJOSWS::FAGLEY	beat the resident	`Wed Jan 04 1989 11:31`	8
	Played 21 holes on Dec 31 although the greens are closed. Unfortunatly, it looks like a long road back to the 80's. I hadn't played for three weeks prior and couldn't get comfortable. The new season has basically begun for me with the Dec 31 outing. Obviously the season will begin with hours on the heated range. The real tune-up comes in Fla. the end of February. Rick_with_new_shoes_and_everything
487.7	Deranged???	IAMOK::OCONNOR		`Wed Jan 04 1989 16:51`	8
	I played December 26th at Brook Meadow in Canton and New Years Day at the old Wareham C.C. in Buzzards Bay. Played 27 and finshed with a birdie. I am still driving my wife crazy chipping, putting and swinging the driver in the living room. (Ala Jeff Burke). I plan to play (somewhere) on Sunday the 13th, weather permitting. If anyone is interested in teeing off along with me, give ma a call at 273-5387. Mr. Mullin??? Just teetering on the edge of golfing insanity!!! Richard
487.8	Fatfingered it again!	IAMOK::OCONNOR		`Wed Jan 04 1989 16:52`	1
	RE .7 That was supposed to be Sunday the 15th.
487.9	Check it out	BTO::HOGANP		`Tue Jan 24 1989 13:37`	9
	Check it out! The date: Jan. 24th The place: Burlington Vt. The Temp.: 44 degrees What did I do at lunch you ask? Well I took my shag back to the field out back and hit about four dozen balls. I was in my glory. The Mad Lasher..................I love it
487.10		OBRIEN::KEVIN	Custom Clubs & Repair	`Wed Jan 25 1989 13:13`	14
	RE: .9 >> Well I took my shag back to the >> field out back and hit about four dozen balls And you didn't tell me??????? For the rest of the world. Temp this AM here was 11�F. Forcast for tomorrow 4-8" of snow and continued cold. I've got to stop letting work get in my way! KO
487.11	Another sign of spring!	EUCLID::WARFIELD	Gone Golfing	`Tue Feb 07 1989 12:53`	4
	Another sign of spring the application for the Maynard golf League arrived. Larry